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Rhea Malhotra

InvestorFounder

CS + Robotics research at Stanford University · Founder at Kita

Stanford, California, United States

FoundedKita · YC

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1,309 people in our graph share verified history with Rhea — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Ken ChenaultunlockedRhea: together at Facebook (2019)
×2Rhea: together at Stanford University
×6Rhea: together at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
×2Rhea: together at TED Conferences

About

Rhea Malhotra is co-founder and CTO of Kita. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Computer Science from Stanford and was accepted to pursue a PhD in Computer Vision and Robotics at Princeton. She has authored peer-reviewed papers and worked on vaccine development research at Pfizer.

Founder at KitaYC W26

Intro paths

YC

Rhea went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Kita's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Kita's investors · 2

Octopus VenturesLondon · $130K – $1.3M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Kita

CLCarmel Limcaoco
Carmel LimcaocoFounder

Experience

  1. Kita (YC W26)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. Stanford UniversityCS + Robotics researchcurrent2024 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  3. Stanford UniversityAutonomous Systems Labcurrent2023 — presentStanford, California, United States
  4. Stanford Robotics CenterRobotics Engineercurrent2023 — presentStanford, California, United States
  5. Stanford Women in Computer ScienceBoard Member2021 — 2024Palo Alto, California, United States
  6. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterComputational Biology Research Fellow2022 — 2023New York, New York, United States
  7. Hinge HealthSoftware Engineer2023San Francisco, California, United States
  8. Mass General HospitalRadiology & AI Research Intern2020 — 2021Greater Boston
  9. PfizerResearch Scientist2020 — 2021Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  10. NPRHost of NPR Segment2018 — 2020
  11. Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardComputational Biology Research Intern2019 — 2020Boston, MA
  12. Regeneron ScholarResearch Science Institute (RSI)2019Boston, MA
  13. Luxembourg ExpoSciences ForumUSA Representative at EU Science Forum2019Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  14. FacebookInternational Swiss Talent Forum2019Nottwil, Switzerland
  15. USA RepresentativeEuropean Union Contest for Young Scientists2018Dublin, Ireland
  16. Best of Category BiochemistryIntel International Science & Engineering Fair - Grand Award2018Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  17. Intel ISEFDelaware Valley Science Fair2018Greater Philadelphia Area
  18. TED ConferencesTED Talks Speaker2017

Colleagues at Stanford University

Alan Ma
Campus Lead at The MBA Fund
Alex Gould
General Partner at The Valley Fund
Aman Verjee
General Partner at Practical Venture Capital
Amit Etkin
Founder at Alto Neuroscience
Amy Chang
Founder, Accompany at Decibel Partners
Anand Lalwani
Angel at Wispr AI
Andrew Ng
Managing General Partner at AI Fund
Anjney Midha
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

Frequently asked questions

Who is Rhea Malhotra?
Rhea Malhotra is co-founder and CTO of Kita. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Computer Science from Stanford and was accepted to pursue a PhD in Computer Vision and Robotics at Princeton. She has authored peer-reviewed papers and worked on vaccine development research at Pfizer.
Where does Rhea Malhotra work?
Rhea Malhotra is Founder of Kita and CS + Robotics research at Stanford University.
What companies did Rhea Malhotra found?
Rhea Malhotra founded Kita.
Where did Rhea Malhotra go to school?
Rhea Malhotra studied at Stanford University (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science, Computer Science & Mathematics); Moravian Academy (High School Diploma).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Kita (YC W26)1

Carmel LimcaocoFounder at Kita

Also worked at Stanford Robotics Center1

Andrew KuikFounder at Syntropy